‘With a premise straight from classic literature and fairytales, Crazy Rich Asians is a transportive romcom about a poor girl who finds her Prince Charming – and is then thrown into the extravagant, glitzy, catty world of the Singapore elite.’

One of Chile's finest directors joins Welcome Sessions for a live Q&A about his Academy Award-winning LGBT drama A Fantastic Woman.

Sebastián Lelio (Gloria) returns with A Fantastic Woman – a groundbreaking, captivating and deeply humane story about a trans woman’s fight for acceptance.

Anchored by a powerhouse central performance from rising star Daniela Vega, this Academy Award-winning film is an urgent call for compassion towards a community that faces bigotry and hostility on a daily basis.

Vega plays Marina Vidal, a young singer whose life is thrown into turmoil following the sudden death of her partner, Orlando.

Met with suspicion from the police and contempt from her lover’s relatives, Marina has to battle to find the strength to fight back.

From the producers of Jackie and Toni Erdmann, Leilo’s latest is an outstanding work, soaked in luminous visuals and elevated by elegant flights of surrealism, recalling the very best from Pedro Almodóvar.

From Haifaa Al-Monsour, director of MARY SHELLEY, comes her debut feature, the first ever to have been shot entirely in Saudi Arabia…

An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school’s Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.

‘You'd need a heart of stone not to be won over by Wadjda, a rebel yell with a spoonful of sugar and a pungent sense of a Riyadh society split between the home, the madrasa and the shopping mall.’ The Guardian

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with The Bike Project, an initiative helping the refugee community get on two wheels.

Fire In Babylon is the breath-taking story of how West Indies cricketers triumphed over its colonial masters through the achievements of one of the most gifted teams in sporting history. Their undisputed skill, combined with a fearless spirit, allowed them to dominate the genteel game at the highest level, replaying it on their own terms. This is their story, told in their own words.

Rotten Tomatoes 91%

This month’s welcome kitchen supper club will be adding some West Indies flavour to our usual line up of world food. Leave space for the taste explosion.

Set in 1902, Daughters of the Dust tells the story of three generations of African-American Gullah women who live in isolation on an island off the coast of South Carolina and risk losing their culture as they prepare for a new life on mainland U.S.

Daughters of the Dust was the first feature film directed by an African-American woman to have a mainstream theatrical release in the U.S. The dreamlike style and low-country gothic aesthetic was the inspiration for Beyonce’s Lemonade.

"It is a mysterious, fabular and sometimes dreamlike film with its own theatrical poise." - The Guardian

This series is part of the WELCOME PRESENTS community, which bridges the gap between refugees, asylum seekers and the general public through a shared love of film, food and friendship.

Tickets are free to refugees and asylum seekers. Please email welcomepresents@gmail.com to secure a space. For all priced tickets ...

Join us for a night of captivating cinema, delicious international cuisine, and fascinating conversation as we host our final event of the summer: a screening of Steven Spielberg’s latest hit, The Post.

The Post is about a cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents and pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between the press and the government.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrXlY6gzTTM

'The Post' is not a period movie. Instead, it is squarely addressed to the present day, striving for the urgency of a headline. The film is here to warn us of fresh threats to press freedom; to confirm that the battle between real news and fake news is not without precedent; and to raise a knowing titter. – The New Yorker

Before the film, join us for a delicious supperclub prepared by the talented Welcome Kitchen. Fresh off of a collaboration with Deliveroo for Refugee Week, the popularity of these refugee chefs keep growing. Try their food for yourself here!

We will also have a very exciting panel of cutting edge journalists here to shed light on current threats to freedom of speech. TBA.

Doors 6. Dinner 6.30. Film 7.30

This series is part of the WELCOME PRESENTS community, which bridges the gap between refugees, asylum seekers and the general public over a shared love of film and food.

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi is banned from making films in his own country, but in this playful documentary, he poses as a taxi driver with hidden cameras to talk about the regime that has banned him and to hear about the life stories of the passengers he picks up.

Taxi Tehran is in Persian with English subtitles.

“A film of quiet but profound outrage, laughing on the surface, but howling in anger just beneath.” Variety

This month, we invite you to join us for a very special screening of the groundbreaking hit film, Black Panther!

Set in the fictional African nation of Wakanda, Black Panther is Marvel’s first black superhero film. After the death of his father, T’Challah returns home to claim his place as king but has to fight off a powerful enemy in order to save Wakanda… and the entire world.

We are pleased to announce our second WELCOME SESSIONS screening in collaboration with Rich Mix.

LAMB is the stunning debut by filmmaker Yared Zeleke, and Ethiopia's first entry into the Cannes Film Fest.

When an Ethiopian boy moves in with distant relatives he takes his pet sheep with him but the upcoming holidays spell danger for his beloved friend.

"Sheer brilliance knits together first Ethiopian film at Cannes" ****. The Guardian.

LAMB is in Amharic with English subtitles and suitable for audiences of any background and religion. Welcome Sessions are film only events - no food. This is part of a season of non-English language cinema furthering inclusivity and representation.

‘How else to explain the freakish, ever-growing popularity of The Greatest Showman… The critics said it was a pile of saccharine s***. ‘Excellent’, said the public. ‘Our rent has gone up, wages gone down and we’re on the verge of war. Saccharine s*** is what we need’.’ ES magazine

Welcome Kitchen’s supper club will be served after sundown observing Ramadan. This month’s delicious menu lists dishes from Syria, Yemen, Libya, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia and Eritrea. Join us for Iftar and try our famous world food plate.